Burial-vault.



J. 0. ROBINSON. BURIAL VAULT. APPLICATON FILED 0051.13, 1911.

1,049,269.. Patented 1160.31, 1912.

wenn e. metisses; er "lewe do hereby declare 'the/followingl toy be; a `fiill,l

clear, and exact description Aof l'the 'inven-v tion, such'as will enable others" skilled inith'ei art to which it'appertainstomake andse the same.

' This invention relates to concrte brialf vaults and more particul'arlyto the means I' `for sealingthe cover, thefp'articular objectl of `the "invention being to` provide such Raf specificfform and `a'rrangement 'of the sealing receiving channel as will insure against loosening of v'the sealing `medium in the eventefit'teing eraeked vertieeuy'inte Seetions. i

In the drawing Figure 1 is a `iperspective;

' l viewfof a vault constructed in accordance, withlimy invention; the 'cover f being :removed .1

therefrom, 'Fi-g.. 21de eiengitudinel sectional "view throgh s'ch `vai1" lt,ftliefcver beingi shown its "closed =`position, and Fig." .3 isy 'Like reference "nuire"erals 4desfigmzte eorreciD'SSJ Sectional view "taken'on thefline f i Bep-endif "parte iin all the lignreeef fth'ej' y v g 4cnliarshape as that 'even lifthe `grouting f f te "fhewarewing, the wenn .gis

end walls 'I2-7. Iportions of the ,nmer-efeee1fefefreepeetive. `well forming' ai side and :end walls :6 and l7 'are preferably `thickened 'as indicated Eby: referencey numerals `6% and 7yfres`pectively2" The Aupper finner comers of A"the -portions 56* and 7 f are 1 jrabbeted-'to respectively lzfrm "a I consequent i 'bottom 8 and a downwardly and outwardlyf inclined walll`9. Formedineach Wall `6 and with tch xbOttO'IIl 18 is.

'a centrally disposeduogitudinal groove 10, the distance;v `between s'aid groove 'and the'.

-the inclined walls 9. These walls-'13 preflgroove 10"ex`tends vertically downwardly invention further-comprises stop 12 which islikewise'for'med of cement `or. other plastic composition. This top is 'of aA v size to, rest upon the shoulders 11,y nd 'has its side walls l13 downwardly y'and 'outwardly `inclined tocorrespond to the inclination'ofV 'erably vextend to `the inner wall` of the "groove 10. y 1

E The coyer 1.2 is positioned upon the sholders 11 as above noted, 'Cement 14 is the'nfponredinto the space betwe'enthe walls 60 13 of -thecover Vand the inclined `walls 9 ofthe body'a'ndV also `into 'the grooves 10V .Whenthis cement or other sealing material hecoineshardened, it .will be impossible to 10, any moisture will be`pr'ev'entenv `from working l around and 'into the'v interior of.` Athe Vallt.

i Referring tertieul'ely tori-gizef 'the nel drawings, 1t will be notedvvthat after .the

fli'd 'is in "wllace` and thefgrout-ing poured lin, tht "t ve gronting assumes slichl a pevefter drying is `broken ve'frticallyinto sections, it cannot be withdrawn or cannot fall out .inthe eventthe yvault is "turned on `its side. Thisis'lhecanse :the bed which fills the lwhile the portion 140i the seal extends at against "the side wall of the groove 10`,'there` thus being formed an'eiiicient lock. v Whatis claimed is: `In af burial Hvault, the combination with a `li'slviiigfa` rabbetv formedin the "portion 'of itsnpper' edge,v` said yrnb cliidin a 'horiiontal fbottoin wa'llj` 'ha' mg PatenteiIDec. f l

855]; 'anfobtuse angle thereto. yInvconsequence,l any upward 'andjlate'ral movement of` the ,y 1f' portion 14 draws the lower bed outwardly aj c 9.o l vertic" y extending, 'rectengula'r v'groove g 1 L v Y1,049,269

longitlidlinally thereof and spaced from the sealingmaterial,cast into the space vbetweenl longitudinal edges' of the Wall, the' other said Walls and intoth'e' groove. f 1u i wall of the rabbet'overhanging in part the In testimony whereof, I ax my signagroove, a. lid disposed Vupon the bottom of ture, in presence of twowi'tnesses.

5 the rabbet flush with'the inner edge of the' A JOHN O. ROBINSON.

groove ofvthe latter, 'the side Wall ofthe Witnesses: lid extending upwardly and paralleli with MICHAEL C. FALVEY, the overhanging wall of the rabbet, and a ELIJAH C, ARMSTRONG. 

